Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
by Sandy DeVito

The reason Hitchcock will always be synonymous with great filmmaking is because he knew how to make a seemingly banal setting into a grand dramatic stage, and could convey "normal" people the way we, humanity, really are -- convoluted, morally ambiguous beyond our liking, and each living our own complex and layered experience. Nowhere is this more magnified than in Rear Window, a masterpiece of subtle loveliness, suspense, and sophisticated narrative.